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"Apple Keeps Trying to Gain Traction in China: Apple's CEO is on a goodwill mission touring China, but can a new research development center help Apple avoid regulatory hurdles?" TheStreet 2:35 PM

"Gartner Says Five of Top 10 Worldwide Mobile Phone Vendors Increased Sales in Second Quarter of 2016" ["Apple continued its downward trend with a decline of 7.7 percent in the second quarter of 2016. Apple sales declined in North America (its biggest market) as well as in Western Europe. However, it witnessed its worst sales decline in Greater China and mature Asia/Pacific regions, where sales declined 26 percent. Apple had its best performance in Eurasia, Sub-Saharan Africa and Eastern Europe regions in the second quarter of 2016, where iPhone sales grew more than 95 percent year on year."] Gartner 7:47 AM

"After Successive Decline For Last Two Quarters, Indian Smartphone Market Recovers With 17 Percent Growth In Q2 2016: IDC India" ["Apple's iPhone SE failed to make any significant impact in the premium segment while its previous generation iPhone 5S continued to contribute majority volume."] IDC 10:05 AM

"Lyft Is Said to Seek a Buyer, Without Success" ["The company, which is based in San Francisco, has in recent months held talks or made approaches to sell itself to companies including General Motors, Apple, Google, Amazon, Uber and Didi Chuxing, according to a dozen people who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the discussions were private."] New York Times [Free/Paid Registration Required] 5:24 PM

"European stocks end lower amid renewed concerns over Italian banks: European stocks fell Friday, with Italian shares leading the charge lower as concerns over the country's banking system sent lenders lower across the eurozone." MarketWatch 12:29 PM